True Crime's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of True Crime? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best True Crime titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

1. #1 2020 25 great titles Best: Unsolved Mysteries
2. #2 2022 25 great titles Best: Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
3. #3 2025 25 great titles Best: Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
4. #4 2021 25 great titles Best: Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
5. #5 2024 23 great titles Best: Under the Bridge
6. #6 2023 17 great titles Best: Love & Death
7. #7 2019 16 great titles Best: When They See Us
8. #8 2017 9 great titles Best: MINDHUNTER
9. #9 2016 9 great titles Best: O.J.: Made in America
10. #10 2015 7 great titles Best: The Jinx
11. #11 2018 6 great titles Best: Wild Wild Country
12. #12 2026 6 great titles Best: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart
13. #13 2011 6 great titles Best: Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda